An aircraft carrying Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth II’s only daughter, was involved in a near miss with a British fighter plane being tested over northern England on Thursday. The Eurofighter Typhoon combat jet – with a top speed of 1,321 mph – was on an exercise from a Royal Air Force base when it came within 3.3 miles of the princess’ Royal Squadron BAE125 plane over Morecambe Bay, northwest England. The fighter, not in service yet, was being tested by RAF pilots.
Japan: Military tracks mystery sub
Japan’s military Thursday shadowed an unidentified submarine that entered its territorial waters the day before, but officials said they had not yet figured out which country the intruder was from. Tokyo put its navy on alert Wednesday after spotting the submarine off the southern island of Okinawa. Japanese public broadcaster NHK said defense officials suspected it was a Chinese Han-class nuclear submarine, based on an analysis of the sounds it was making. The submarine spent two hours in Japanese waters before leaving.
Austria: Report details nuclear tests
South Korean nuclear experiments revealed earlier this year produced minute amounts of plutonium and near-weapons grade uranium, but there was no evidence linking them to an attempt to make nuclear arms, the U.N. atomic watchdog agency said Thursday. The report, drawn up by the International Atomic Energy Agency, followed up on revelations that South Korea sporadically dabbled in uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing from the early 1980s to 2000.
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